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Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after March 25, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the USFWS must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The USFWS is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 

This notice was submitted after the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: February 9, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03573 Filed 2–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037415; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Cleveland State University, Cleveland, 

OH 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Cleveland 

State University has completed an 

inventory of human remains and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains were removed from Franklin 

County, MA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Andrew E. Kersten, 

Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid 

Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115–2214, 

telephone (216) 687–9350, email 

a.e.kersten@csuohio.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of Cleveland State 

University. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. Additional information 

on the determinations in this notice, 

including the results of consultation, 

can be found in the inventory or related 

records held by Cleveland State 

University. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Franklin County, MA. The human 

remains collection currently held at 

Cleveland State University is largely the 

work of the former member of faculty in 

the CSU Department of Anthropology, 

Dr. John Blank (d. 2019). The sites 

known to be associated with the 

concerns of NAGPRA all fall within 

those excavated by (or alongside) Dr. 

Blank, beginning in the 1960s. Many of 

Dr. Blank’s excavations took place as 

field schools for students, but some also 

contained components of rescue 

archeology (as sites emerged due to 

erosion). The human remains in 

question here were part of the Knapp 

site in Franklin County, MA. The 

individual appears to be 50–60 years of 

age. No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological 

information, archeological information, 

folklore, geographical information, 

historical information, kinship, 

linguistics, oral tradition, and expert 

opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, Cleveland State 

University has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for 

repatriation may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after March 25, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

Cleveland State University must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the human 

remains are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. Cleveland 

State University is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations identified in this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 


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13364 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 36 / Thursday, February 22, 2024 / Notices 

Dated: February 9, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03581 Filed 2–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037411; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and has determined that there is a 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Dallas and Wilcox 

Counties, Alabama. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, email pcapone@

fas.harvard.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the PMAE. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by the PMAE. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from the Dale Site (1Wx77) Wilcox 

County, Alabama, in 1899 by C.B. 

Moore and donated to the PMAE the 

same year. The one associated funerary 

object is one lot consisting of a ceramic 

vessel and fragments. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from the Durand (Durant’s) Bend Site 

(1Ds1) Dallas County, Alabama, in 1899 

by C.B. Moore and donated to the PMAE 

the same year. The 14 associated 

funerary objects are: seven beads; one 

lot consisting of ceramic fragments and 

a bead; four lots consisting of ceramic 

vessels and vessel fragments; one 

ceramic vessel fragment; and one shell 

gorget. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological 

information, archeological information, 

geographical information, historical 

information, kinship, linguistics, oral 

tradition, other relevant information, 

and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 15 objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice as removed from the Dale 

Site (1Wx77; Wilcox County, Alabama), 

and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 

Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; 

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; 

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and 

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice as removed from the Durand 

(Durant’s) Bend Cemetery (1Ds1; Dallas 

County, Alabama), and the Coushatta 

Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of 

Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of 

Choctaw Indians; and The Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after March 25, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the PMAE must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The PMAE is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: February 9, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03578 Filed 2–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037414; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Santa Rosa Junior College 

Multicultural Museum, Santa Rosa, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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